Machine for cutting and forming spoons from sheet material.



L. D. JACOBY.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FORMING SPOONS FROM SHEET MATERIAL.

APPLICATION HLED AUGJJO. [916' Patnted Mar. 5, 1918' 2 SHEETS-SHEET I. 5/4

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L. D. JACOBY. MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FORMiNG SPOONS FROM SHEET MATERIAL.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG.30| 191s.

1,258,414. Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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UNITED STATE s PATENT OFFICE.

LEO D. JAUUBY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SANISPOON COMPANY, OF

" BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CO RPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FORMING SPOONS FROM SHEET MATERIAL;

Application filed August 30, 1916. Serial No. 117,764.

To all whom it may concern:

B'e it'known that I, LEO D. JAcoBY, a citizen of the United States} residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachus'etts', have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Cuttin 'and Forming Spoons from Sheet Materlal, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object a machine for cutting andforming paper spoons from a blank of sheet material. The machine embodying" my invention is pro'vided'n-ith a J pair of cooperating male and female cutting dies which are in turn provided with forming dies so arrangedand constructed that the blank is-died out and thereafter molded to the proper shape. in one cycleo'f op 20. tion. The device is particularly 'desigr.

roducespoons of. avulcanizcd or hard finer iiut it is] equally well adapted to produce w spoons of any suitable paper composition.

saly strength "and at the same time a. proper and neat appearance, the'sheet material of which the spoon consists is' givena convex shape at the shank which is connected to the'howl by a rib or groove so that the bowl 310 is held rigidly iii position and is prevented from breaking or bending hack in use. A

spoon of the type described is fully shown inthe drawings..- y I i The device embodying my invention is so first cut out to the proper shape and thereafterimmediately formed to have a concave bowl and a convex shank and handle as de- H scribed during one operation of a pair-ofcutting and'jfornnng 'dies.

Heretofore I have found great difiicultyin producing a.

' iiiachin'e' WhlCh' wouldcut out the spoon and i give .to-theshank the required'convex shape during a singlejope'ration of the dies without breaking-or otherwise injuring the material.

Forlthis purpose, I provide dies which are 0 arranged and constructed that the cut blank is i-ven the required convex shape at the hand e and shank portion and'while be i ing molded is-held along the line of bend so that the material is prevented from breakinglor otherwise becoming injured. (1

ing an intermittent feed mechanism by y invention further consists in prov which the blank is fed to the cutting and Specification of Letters Patent.

In order that the spoon may have the neces-- Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

forming dies and alsoin an automatic mechanism for removing the spoons from the dies as they are finished. It will be fully understood when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features thereof will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front, elevaion of am'achine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2-is a sectional detail of a female cut-- ting and forming die, i

Fig. 3 is a sectional-detail of a male cutting and forming die and a stripper plate.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail SllOWlIlg the male and female cutting dies in com-pressed position with a spoon between them.

Fig. 5 is-an enlarged section on line 55 of Fig. .4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on line 6-6 of Fig.4. I v

Fig. 7 is an enlarged section on line 77 of Fig. 4.

upri'ghts13constituting the frame. The up?v rights 13 are provided with a drive shaft 14 which may be operated inany suitable mannot shown. Theshaft let is .journaled in each upright and is provided centrally thereof with crank arms 15 to which is secured a connecting'rod 16 pivotally mounted in a cross head l7=operating=in ways .19 secured to the uprights-13. The. cross headl'? consisting in part ofplate-1O carries at its lower .,end a die QO'ha-Ving a-shank 21 which is received through a hole in the cross head. The die 20 isreciprocated by the crosshead 17 and is adapted to cooperate with a die 23 in a manner to be described.

v The die 20 comprises aholder 24 whichis preferably integral with the shank 21 to which is secured a cutting die 25 bymeans female die and is designed to cut ablank into the proper sha "'to form a spoon of the type shown in/ igs. 9 and 10. 'Within the cutting die 25 is a.- forming die having a tion which comprises-the usual base 12 and 35 arranged and constructed that the spoon is ner 'such as by a pulley .wheel or the like 9 0 of screw bolts 26. The cutting die 25 is a v convex bowl-forming portion 27 and a concave shank forming ortion 9 and handle forming ortion 8. T e shank forming portion 9 of the die has a pair of lips 28 and 29 shaped in cross section as shown in Fig. 6 and havinga slot or hole between them .in which is loosely received a block30 of T-head cross section which is mounted on springs 31.1'eceived within a suitable recess of the holder'24. A portion ofthe holder 24 is recessed as shown at 32 to permit; the block to be moved-inwardly against the pressure of the springs 31 in a manner to be described. The handle forming portion die 23 is formed with cutting-edges 38 adapted to cooperate with the cutting die 25 being arranged to enter within the die 25 when the members are brought together- Vtithin the cutting edges 38 of the die 23 is a forming die consisting of a concave bowlforming portion 40 adapted to cooperate.

. with the convex bowl-forming portion 27 of the forming die hereinabovedescribed to mold and form the bowl of the spoon." The shank forming portion 41 of the forming die is. recessed at 42 to receive the lips 28 and 29 of the cooperating forming die. entrally of the shank forming portion 41 is a slot which extends through the said shank and. is enlarged at its lower end to loosely receive a rib 43 ofT-head cross section. The rib 43 is yieldingly mounted on springs 44 and is arranged so that it projects slightly above the cutting edges 38of the die when in compressed position as'shown in Fig. 6 and still farther above the edges when in expanded position. The upper edge of the rib is rounded to correspond with the pressure groove 45 in the lower edge of the member 3O.v The left hand end of the rib is inclined as shown at 4 in Fig.3 and projects slightly into the heel of the bowl. por

tion 40 of the die. .The handle portion 46 of the die is recessed at +17 and centrally of said recess is a forming member 48 of rectangular shape incross section the upper surface of which is slightly above the cutting edge 38 of the die 23;

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is shown a spoon under compression between-the dies 23 and he concave bowl portion 49 of the spoon is formed between the convex and concave portions 27 and 40 of the forming dies. In order that the convex shank and handle portions 50 and 51. ot the spoon may be first cut and then given the required convex shape it is necessary to withdraw the edges of the blank constituting the shank 50 and handle 51 of the spoon from the cutting edges of the die and force them down to the position shown in Figs. 6 and 7 without jamming or otherwise injuring the material. I. accomplish this by providing the shank and handle ortion 6 and 7 of the die 23 with relative y thin cutting edges 38 andby beveling the orming die at the edges of the recess 42 of thej'shank portion and recess 47 of the handle portion as shown'at 80, and also by locating the rib 43 of the shank of the die 23 and forming member 48 in the handle portion of said die with their upper surfaces slightly above the cutting edges 38. As the cutting dies come together .the blank is pressed against the rib 43 and the forming portion 48 so that when the blank is cut by the dies, it has a curve in cross section as'shown in Fig. 8. When in this position the sides of the shank. and handle portion of the blank incline downwardly as shown and are in a position to be drawn inwardly over the bevels 80 atthe sides of the recess 42 of the shank portion and recess 47 of the handle portion, and are, therefore, ready to be molded inwardly by the forming dies without being jammed or otherwise injured. I have found that this construction enables a convex shank and handle portion to be formed immediately after the blank is cut to shape during one operation of the dies so that a perfect arti-' cle without blemish or injury is produced. Another feature of myinvention relates to the arrangement and construction of the co operating presscr block 30 and rib 43. In order to produce a spoon of sufficient. strength, I find that a. shank of relatively great convexity is essential. jlVhcre the stock is molded at an acute angle as shown in Fig. 6, it has a tendency to disintegrate 'or break along the line of bend thereby weakening the article and givingit an inn 1 finished appearance. In order to overcome 'this. objection the block 30 is spring mounted as described and is so arranged that at the limit of its outward movement its grooved picssure surface 4-5 engages the 1. stock ust as the cutting edges of the dies therefore, the tension exerted by the springs 31 is brought to bear on the material at the line of bend and compresses the fiber togcthcisufiiciently to prevent them from (lisintegrating or becoming torn by the molding operation. l regard this as an import- 4 ,further downward movement of the die 40. The stripper plate bringsthe shank-forming portion of the forming die in contact with the sides of the stock along the shank and handle portion oi the spoon thus drawing the edges inwardly over the bevel at the sides of the recesses in the forming dies, and molds the stock as 16' hereinabove described. vAt the same time the bowl portion of'th'e spoon is formed by the convex'and concave forming dies27 and 73 is pressed downwardly against the springs 75]so that the parts a're-"in the-position shown in Fig. 4:.

A further movement of the machine causes the die 25*to ascend so that the stripper plate 73' moves upwardly and strips the stock from the outside of the *die 231*the spoon also being removed from the die by means of the pin 53; The spoon is then removed from the die 25 by the blockBO in. the manner described above and then carried away by thedraft from the blower. In the meantime the'stock isfed to the-dies and the de vice is ready for another operation.

While. I, have shown and described the machine embodying-my invention as fnrnished-with a single pair of 'c'oiiperating dies it is obviou'sethatza plurality of pair of dies may be employed "sothi 't dny desired number of spoon'srmay .becut and'formed during one cycle of operation.

A '1; In it machine of the character described,

a pair of cooperatingcuttine dies. a pair of cooperating forming): dies adapted to form from sheet material a spoon'havin; a concave bowl portion, a handle portion and an, intermediate shank portion. said shank por- "tion'being convexin cross section, and means which engage the sheet at the shank forming portion and chimp it against'the portion of the die over .which the concave side of the shank is bent, said dies and clamping mechanism being so adjusted that the shank-por tion of the dpoon'urill be clamped against the bort iou oi the die ovcr which the concave side of the shank is to'be bent before,

the portion of. the cooperating die for theronvcx side of the shankbegins tobend the shank portion of the spoon.

lhe cutting edges thereof, said t'ormii'i formed by the forming die.

sheet stock, a pair of cooperating cutting dies, one of which is provided with a forming die comprising a concave portion to form the bowl of a spoon, and a convex portion which extends above the cutting edges of the die and is adapted to form the shank andhandle of a spoon theother of said cuttingdies being provided with a forming;

die comprising a convex portion adapted to cooperate with the said concarehowl forming portion, and a concaYc portion adapted to cooperate with the said shank torn'iing and handle forming portion, and a spring mounted block having a groove in the surface thereof located in the. shank forming portion of said second die and adapted to, engage the shank of the spoon to prevent the same from breaking while being molded.

3 In a machinetor twining spoons from sheet sto"'.;, a male itting die having a concave portion to ""wrzn the bowl ot a spoon and a recessed portion with shank and burn (llo forming members in said recess which project. abovc the cutting edges of said die, a part of the sides of id recessed portion being beveled to permit "the edges of a blank to be for -1M- inwardly into said recess, and a cooperating female die carrying a coopcrating forming die which is adapted to. form the concave bowl of a spoon'and to press the' edges of a blank into said recess to form the convex shank and handle of a spooin v 5. In a machine for forming spoons from sheet stock, a cutting die having a. recessed shank forming portion between the cutting edges thereof with beveled surfaces thereon, a rib ha ring a rounded pressure surface projectiug from said recessed portion above the cutting edges of; said die a coiiperating cutting die having a forming die between being provided centrally thereof with spring block which has a grooved surface adapted to cooperate with the rounded pressure surface of the said rib to hold the shank portion of a spoon blank after it is out and while it is being )lCSSOti intothe recess and 6. In a machine for forming spoons from sheet stock, a cutting and forming die having a recessed portion in the molding surloo face with a, bevel at each side and a slot in.

the bottom thereof. a rib with a rounded pressure surface yieldingly mounted in said slot. said rib projecting from said recess and when compressed being; in a position in which its rounded surface is slightly above thecutting edges of said -die,'a'sccond cutting and forming die having a concave porl'after removing it from the forming die of die 23, I provide a stripperplate 73 having ent feature'of'ihy tion for I find that as a means for engaging and holding by, constructing the. evice 1n the manner the shank of the spoon during the molding described, a.- perfectly formed spoon is oboperation-to prevent its being broken atthe tained having a shank with the necessary line, of bend, but also affords a means for removing the ,finished product from the die convexity tohfl'o rd the desired strength.

it will be ready forthe next opera- .Theportion'27 of the die 25 is provided so that i ,with a groove51 which cooperates with" the tion; a

' inclined portion 4 at one end of the rib 43 and thereby formsa groove in the bowl of withya suitable blower, not shown, by the removing the. spoon from the forming die of At 64 is shown a pipe which is connected the sp on which strengthens. it at the junc- -draft from which the finisli'ed spoons are tion of the handle and'bowl. l. carriedfrom between the dies and removed I The'device embodyingmy inventionis fun from the machine as -fasttas they areliberther provided with means for-automatically ated.

' In order'to strip the uncut portion ofthe the die 2311s the-die separates and forther'eblank from the outside of the male cutting to conformto'the male die- 23 and adapted the die 25' at the frliredetermined time so that a hole 74 through the center thereof shaped hei e m b For this purpose the die 23' has a hole to ma'ke a'snug working {it therewith: It

I through the holder plate 36.

for the next operation.

through it' which is en'largedand' extends is mounted on springs75 interposed between Loosely the plate and the'base and is provided with mounted within the hole is a pin 53 which is screw'bolts 7 6 which arethreaded at their mounted on a spring 55. When the dies upper ends into the plate. Theshank of i come together to the position shown in Fig. 1 the screw boltfl76makes a loosefit throu h 25'4, the pin.53 is pressed against thespring holes in the base plate 35, the heads of t e 5 5 and as the dies separate the spring moves said bolts being received within recesses 77 thefpin 53 upwardly and disengages thefiand being adapted toengagewitha portion spoon from 'the die." The block is pre- 7 of the base plate -when'the-strippenplate 'sprmg mounted-pin 95 in the handle po tlOIl f thefdie n s t force e handle of feed roll '69 has fixed on the end of its shaftl p g; in n 0 dlsengage e dog71 mounted on an arm 72 loosely mountentire spoon. -'A s the-dies separate therefor "and loosely niounte'd'in the shank as shown.

' end'ofthe spindle 58 projectsebove the th f d wheelsfigand vented.;;from moving outwardly under the 73 is in its uppermost position. The upper- -influen e of'the springs 31 as the dies sepa- Qra'te and thereby removing the finished ar regulatedas desired the plate being preferr most position of the plate 73 may be thus ticlefrom the chess by means-pie spring, ably so arranged that its npper surface is latch.56 located in the shank 21 of the die slightly above the upper edgeofxthe rib 43. 25 'and: adapted to engage an annular groove I also provide means combination with 57 me spindle 58 secured. to the block 30 the above'ior feeding the blank from which U the spoonsare died to the cutting and form- Whenth lock 30is pressed inwardly i ing mechanism. On theend of the drive the dieas-isthe' case when the dies ar in shaft 14 ishub on which is mounted a fibmp f saed position as shown in Fig. 4, the pin 66 to w ich is pivoted a connectingrod --spri ng latchfi.engages with the groove 57 (37, pair of feed rolls 68 an 'fiWgeared -ofithesp1ndle 58 and holds the block 30," '.to;g ether at 91 and 92, fare journaled in the against the tension of thejsp ring 31. of the machinat a point opposite t the. spoonsout of the die but the tension of 90a ratchet wheel 70whi'ch' is engaged by a ed on the shaft of the feed roll, The the finished spoon avi g ee m ed lower end of the connecting rod 67 i's pivotfrom; the die 23. adheres to the'die .25 a d ally connected'to the arm 72*andgives to is lif ed pwa dly by h e The free [the same an. oscillating motionwhiclj causes 69 to. have astep by shank21 of the die into aslot 59in the cross headlf'of the'machine. Passing through I i the slot 59in the cross head is a member 60 suspended on springs 61 and adapted togengage adjustable stops 62 passing through rackets'63 secured to the frame. As the cross head nears the upper end of its stroke the member 60 engages the stop 62 and contacts with the. upper end Of'the spindle 58 7 "of-theblook 30. The latc'h'56 is therefore forced outj'of the groove 57 endthe'block 30 1 is" thrust to its outermost position thereby I removing the spoon from the die. This constructiomenables the block t6 be used not step feedingmovelnent. 1

he fupgpef surfacte of the die 23. Thelower The operation ofnthemachine-isjas follows: Properly tempered stock is :fedfto-the cutting and forming dies by lthe feeding mechanism, the parts being so arranged that the stock is fedthrough the dies when they are separated and is at rest during the cutting andjmoldi-ng operation. Asthecrosshead 17 descends the female die'25 contacts with the stripper plate 73 and ushes the blank downwardly against the ri '43 in the die 23 thus compressing the. springs 44 on which the said ribfis mounted until the rib reaches its lowermost positioir as shown in spoon from one of said dies when they separate, and means for thereafter automatically. removing said spoon from the other of said dies.

8. In a machine of the character. described, the combination of a pair of cutting and forming dies, one of which reciprocates toward and away from the other, of a member for automatically removing the spoon from one of said dies as they separate, a member for thereafter automatically remov. ing the spoon from the other .of said dies,

arid means for carrying. the said spoon from between the dies before they come together again.

.9. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a pair of forming dies one of which reciprocates, a rib on one of said dies a. cooperating block movably mounted in the other of said dies, a spring on which said block is mounted, a spindle'scenred to said block, a latch engaging'said spindle to hold the spring in compressedosition, and a stop for releasing said latcii.

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a pair of cooperating dies for forming spoons from sheet stock'of the improved spoon holding and removing mechanism which consists of a block movably mounted in one of said dies and having a sprin which tends normally to press it outwar 1y therefrom, a spindle loosel mounted'in said die which is'secured to said block and has a groove therein, a spring latch adapted to engage said groove to hold said vbloelrinvvardly 1n compressed position, means v for reciprocating said die, and a stop to engage the'said spindle as the said die reciprocates and thereb to release the said latch and permit the hlock'to be pressed outwardly b the s ring.

In testimony whereof I a x my signature.

LEO D. JACOBY. 

